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Black Diamonds
by Jokai, Maurus
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Van Nuys, California, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1896; First Edition, later printing; 8vo; [blank(2)], [frontispiece], [i-iv], [half-title], [blank], [1], [2-458], [459], [blank], [publisher’s ad], [blank(3)]; royal blue cloth, gilt and silver titles and decorations; untrimmed page edges. Maurus Jokai’s sweeping novel of love, ambition, and the search for truth, from the poverty of the coal mines to the lavish salons of high society, with fierce rivalries, ruthless social climbing, financial treachery, an exorcism, and a duel along the way. Translation into English from the original Hungarian by Frances A. Gerard. Frontispiece photogravure portrait plate of the author, with guard tissue. Copyright statement 1896, no printed date at bottom of title page, thus a later printing should be assumed. Near Fine, clean, crisp, titles bright, corners sharp, previous nineteenth century owner signature and date in neat cursive hand on f.f.e.p., title page softly creased. A handsome copy of an engrossing novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- AARDWOLF Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6385
- Title
- Black Diamonds
- Author
- Jokai, Maurus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York,
- Date Published
- 1896
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hungary, Maurus Jokai, Fiction, Literature, Hungarian Literature, Coal Mines, Bondevara, Coal Mining
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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- Fine
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Plate
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